SCHOOL PROFILE

Clifton Community School: data, trends and context

Clifton Community School is a secondary school in Rotherham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
143545
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Rotherham
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST
Postcode
S65 2SN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,146
FSM eligible
63.6%
EAL / First language other than English
46.6%
SEND (total)
28.6%
SEN Support
24.6%
EHCP
4.0%
White British
29.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
87.5%
Overall absence
12.5%
Persistent absence
37.4%
Severe absence
8.6%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
RotherhamLocal authority90.6%9.4%5.2%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
29.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
11.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.81%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
29.4
English & maths grade 5+
18.1%
English & maths grade 4+
38.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Clifton Community School is a secondary school in Rotherham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.